Comment Contest: Win a Speaker Keyboard and Presentation Mouse!

Using a regular keyboard and mouse on your Mac is old and tired. All the hip kids are attaching keyboards and mice that do more then just type and point. What do these kids hope to accomplish with these fancy input devices. We're not sure, but we want to be cool too.

If you're looking to join the cool input crowd check out the Verbatim Tune Board speaker keyboard. Yeah that's right, it has speakers built into the keyboard. We're also giving away a wireless Kensington Presenter Mouse. Put these guys together and you have the Wonder Twins of input devices.

All you have to do is post a comment in this article to win your veryown input device super pack. That's it! The comment can be as long or as short as youlike – one word will do!

Our Mac|Life super comment choosing machine willchoose a random comment and award one lucky person the input device pack, with a retail value of approximately $129.00. The odds of winning aredetermined by the number of eligible entries received. The prize isnontransferable and must be accepted as awarded.

Here are the rules:

- You can only enter once. Commenting more than once will automatically disqualify you from the contest.

- The contest is limited to legal residents of the United States(excluding residents of Puerto Rico). Void where prohibited by law.Entrants must be at least 13 years of age.

- The contest will end at 11:59p.m. PST on March 3, 2009.

- Check out the full official rules below.

So cross your fingers and start your comments.

Input device pack Comment Contest rules: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.The sponsor of the contest is Future US, Inc., 4000 Shoreline Court,Suite 400, South San Francisco, CA 94080 (“Sponsor”). All entries mustbe received no later than March 3, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. PST. Winnerwill be determined by a single random drawing of all valid entries heldon or about March 4, 2009. The decision of Sponsor shall be final andbinding and within its sole discretion. Winners will be notified byphone or email within ten (10) days of the drawing.

Only one entry per person is allowed, multiple entries will lead todisqualification. The winner will be required to sign an affidavit ofeligibility/release of liability/prize acceptance within seven days ofreceipt; failure to do so upon request will result in forfeiture of theprize. By acceptance of the prize, the winner agrees to the use oftheir name and/or likeness for purposes of advertising, trade, orpromotion without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.Employees of Sponsor, its respective parent, subsidiaries, affiliatedcompanies, and agents, and foregoing employees¹ household or immediatefamily members (defined as parent, spouse, child, sibling, orgrandparent) are NOT eligible to enter Contest. By their submission ofentry, participants warrant they are legally entitled and authorized tomake such submission, either on their own behalf, or as to informationsubmitted upon the express authorization of another on whose behalf theinformation is submitted. In the event of a dispute as to the winner¹sidentity, entries will be deemed made by the holder of the emailaccount associated with the entry. All prizes will be awarded. Prizeswon by minors will be awarded to their parents or legal guardians.Limit one entry per email address. Use of automated devices or methodsof submission are not valid forms of entry. Entries must include avalid email address for the entrant. Entries become the property of theSponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned. Entries are subjectto Sponsor’s privacy policy, the terms of which can be found athttp://www.futureus.com/privacy.php, which terms and conditionsentrants accept and agree to by submission of entries pursuant to theseofficial rules. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, tocancel or suspend the contest should causes beyond its control corruptthe administration, security, or proper play of the contest. Future US,Inc. is not responsible for damages or expenses the winners might incuras a result of this contest or the receipt of a prize, and winners areresponsible for income taxes based on the value of the prize received.A list of winners may also be obtained by sending a stamped,self-addressed envelope to Future US, Inc. c/o Mac|Life Contest, 4000Shoreline Court, Suite 400, South San Francisco, CA 94080 (residents ofVermont may exclude postage).

I don’t even have a boat and I’d like to impress my piers. They’ve given me such support over the years. Or is it that guy on America’s Got Talent? He’s hard to impress, but I’ll do my best with my new keyboard and mouse (excuse me; input devices)

_________ JackEds37
Fewer cords? More bookshelf space? What's not to love? Also, lately I've seen too many presentations fouled up because the presenter couldn't directly control the computer-projector system--back to the bad old days of "Next slide please."